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WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 1814-1818Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.01.001
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- Consejeria de Educacion y Ciencia [PBI06-0139]
- Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Tecnove-Fiberglass
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Dissolution with suitable solvents is one of the cheapest and more efficient processes for polystyrene waste management. In this work the solubility of polystyrene foams in several solvents benzene, toluene, xylene, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform, 1,3-butanediol, 2-butanol, linalool, geraniol, d-limonene, p-cymene, terpinene, phellandrene, terpineol, menthol, eucalyptol, cinnamaldheyde, nitrobenzene, N,N-dimethyl-formamide and water has been determined. Experimental results have shown that to develop a green process the constituents of essential oils, d-limonene, p-cymene, terpinene, phellandrene, are the most appropriate solvents. The action of these solvent does not produce any degradation of polymer chains. The solubility of the polymer in the mentioned solvents at different temperatures has been investigated. The solvent can be easily recycled by distillation. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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